Chapter 311 Opening the Net and Waiting
Ivan and his party hurried to the Dodd Magic Stone Mine and were immediately discovered by the garrison. Coincidentally, it was the turn of the Seventh Squadron of the Rock Dog Battalion to be on duty there.

“Is there anything unusual?”

“Sir Ivan, there has been nothing unusual recently.”

After hearing the answer from Captain Piccolo, Ivan glanced at the calm outside the mining area and nodded slightly.

It seems that there is a problem only in the mining area.

“Captain Piccolo, see you later.”

“Please.”

Looking at the receding figure, Piccolo secretly admired him. He was indeed a famous person. His aura was getting stronger and stronger, leaving no one behind.

On the other side, Ivan and his party passed through the stone secret passage and came to the thick protective barrier of the magic stone mine.

There was nothing unusual about the protective barrier either.

“Wizard Ivan, let me take the lead. I promise to crush the thieves inside to ashes.” Locke volunteered. After being defeated by someone, he urgently needed to do something to show his strength.

“I’ll hold the line for him,” Jenny said immediately.

In fact, before leaving Xunmu Tower, several people had an argument and all wanted to come and wipe out the bandits.

Ivan took one thing into consideration: someone who knew that the Dodd Magic Stone Mine had an owner and still dared to sneak in must be a vicious criminal. So he simply came in person and brought Locke, Jenny and others with him.

“I don’t need you to support me.” Locke retorted.

“Hehe!” Jenny snorted twice, and her eyes became inexplicably dangerous.

Being threatened in public, Locke’s cheeks twitched twice. He felt very unhappy, but he was speechless. What else could he do if he couldn’t beat the other person?

Ivan ignored the two people who were constantly making small movements, took out the Earth Stone Order, connected to the Earth Stone Formation that protected the magic stone mine, and sensed it carefully. A disgusting breath emerged in his perception.

“It turns out that it was a ghost.”

“I, I, I am the most professional in dealing with spirits.” Hearing his words, Locke’s eyes lit up and he volunteered again.

God help me too!

Locke looked at Ivan eagerly.

“Okay, you take the Swamp Ants with you and let Jenny support you.” Seeing the clone being so enthusiastic, Ivan was happy that he didn’t have to do it himself, and immediately opened a passage leading to the mine.

Locke rushed in first, followed by others, and Ivan was the last to step into the passage.

After walking some distance deeper into the cave, Locke smelled a disgusting odor. The problematic place should be the point where the spirits gathered last time. The special force field there could be generated repeatedly and could only be sealed in the end.

Thinking of this, Locke quickened his pace.

After a while, he arrived at the cave first. Compared with the last time, the cave had obviously been expanded. The original stone palace was gone, and there were many complex patterns on the ground, which were a strange dark green color.

There was also a cloud of black, red and green energy smoke floating there.

“Wow, wow, the prey is here.” The cloud of smoke turned into a tall and bloated figure.

“Prey? You’re a guy who looks neither like a spirit nor a beast, haha.” Locke sneered.

“I smell it, I smell it, the breath of that despicable wizard.” Ollie sensed something and became agitated. Then he discovered something else and stared at Locke with great anguish:

“It’s you. It turns out that you have become a betrayer. You have become a despicable betrayer. You shouldn’t betray!”

“Kill! The despicable wizard deserves to be killed, and the traitor deserves to be killed even more!”

As his words became more intense, black and red smoke began to rise from his body, like a demon descending into the world.

“Ze Yi, don’t move. There are many traps inside. This person is covered in cursed poison. Your body will definitely not be able to withstand it. Let me handle it.”

Locke didn’t notice anything wrong with the patterns on the ground, so he stopped talking and rushed towards the enemy with a scimitar in his hand.

The scimitar was specially made for Ivan, the result of his mastery of the space network and his proficiency in space cutting.

In Locke’s hand, the blade was glowing with an unusual white light. He brought the scimitar close and slashed it, cutting a long and narrow gash on Ollie’s body. Dark blue and black evil blood flowed out and splashed onto the ground.

It is not difficult to see that the evil blood clearly contains the aura of a vicious curse and must not be contaminated.

Locke, however, ignored it, and with the ability of ‘space acceleration’, he cleverly avoided the enemy’s attacks while stabbing them from time to time.

“Waaaaah, you traitor, if you have the ability, don’t hide.” Oli was far inferior to him in speed and flexibility. He could only be stabbed continuously and screamed in anger.

“Asshole, just move around if you have the guts.” Locke secretly complained. This bastard has been deformed into this state, and his recovery ability is amazing. He is really hard to kill.

The two men fought together. Compared with Locke, Ollie looked particularly clumsy and was clearly at a disadvantage in the fight.

The more Oli fought, the more indignant he felt, and the more indescribable the frustration he felt.

He paid such a huge price, accumulated a lot of strength, set up a trap, and waited for the enemy. But when he faced this traitor, his most powerful means were ignored, and he was restrained in every way.
In a short while, Ivan had arrived outside the cave.

“Something’s wrong.” Jenny looked at the ground.

“Indeed, that should be a formation. As the blood drips onto it, something is brewing there.” Ivan took a look and realized that there was something fishy in the cave.

However, the entire cave was shrouded in an ominous special force field, and the illusion was so prevalent that he even felt a little fearful.

Only someone like Locke could ignore it.

“Then let’s make it quick and decisive.” Jenny continued. Seeing that Ivan did not object, she raised her left hand, and a sharp root spread out from her palm, breaking into the ominous force field with an unstoppable edge, accurately hitting the burly figure.

The burly figure was immediately shattered into a hole, and all the blood and everything disappeared into ashes.

“No, this is mine–” Locke became anxious when he saw this.

“We have to fight quickly and decisively.” Jenny said calmly. “If I were you, I wouldn’t be distracted in the middle of a fight.”

“You – bastard! How dare you launch a sneak attack?” Locke reacted and quickly avoided the enemy’s sneak attack, aiming his spear at the bastard in front of him.

Fearing that his head would be robbed, Locke became more aggressive, and the white light of the scimitar in his hand became stronger.

In the end, with the combined efforts of the two, Oli was killed with great reluctance.

“The final blow was mine.” After the enemy was defeated, Locke was somewhat proud and walked slowly out of the cave. “Also, are you really okay like this? Don’t get cursed by accident, or–“

“Just take care of yourself. If you keep procrastinating, you might get sacrificed,” Jenny said.

“Hey – forget it. I won’t bother with you.” Locke also noticed the movement under his feet and rushed out of the cave in a few steps.

At this moment, the formation on the ground of the cave did not stop operating. On the contrary, with the death of Oli, the formation seemed to be fully activated, and a different force field permeated it.

Seeing that the two clones did not leave any hidden dangers in the previous battle, Ivan turned his attention to the changes in the cave.

As time went by, the aura of the spiritual body became stronger and stronger, making the cave more and more oppressive and making people feel vaguely uneasy.

“Jenny, Ze Yi, I have a task for you. Use your power to manipulate the rock and soil to move the formation platform I left here to the nearby area. Be quick.”

Ivan tightly grasped the Earth Stone Order and tried a few times to mobilize the power of the protective formation. Seeing that he could not stop the formation in the cave from operating, he turned around and issued an order.

The last time he came to Dodd, he had constructed nine Black Magic Wind and Fire Arrays, one large and eight small. When he left, he only moved a few key parts and buried them on the spot.

I never thought it would come in handy again so soon.

Hearing his instructions, Jenny and Ze Yi hurried away.

“Boss, is it necessary to go through so much trouble?” Locke asked puzzledly. In his opinion, his group was strong enough and there was no need to go to so much trouble.

“Let me ask you, can you destroy this formation?”

“No, but—”

“You’re the only one who talks too much. Even a lion will use all its strength to fight a rabbit, let alone facing an unknown situation. You stay here for a while. If anything goes wrong, hold them back for me.”

“Ok.”

Locke responded awkwardly. He knew it was a joke from the boss. If he said anything more, the boss would probably get really angry.

Wherever Jenny and Ze Yi passed, the soil around them became soft and flowing, and they quickly moved a larger black magic wind and fire array platform to block the outside of the cave.

According to Ivan’s instructions, eight smaller platforms were then moved to the surrounding areas.

The Silkworm Queen brought a group of soldiers to move a large number of magic stones in case of emergency.

A moment later, Ivan completed the formation and skillfully carved out several simple rune channels, connecting the large and eight small formations. Although their power was not as great as his carefully crafted ones, it was enough.

A situation of confrontation was formed.

“Boss, here I come.”

Following Locke’s reminder, a floating shadow emerged from the ground in the cave.

One after another, like bubbles popping up.

After the phantom stabilized, it turned into a spirit body. At this speed, the number would be incalculable.

“Get out of the way.”

When Locke dodged to the side, a column of black magic flame rushed into the cave, and the force field of the cave suddenly made a sizzling sound.

The wind blocked the fire, and more black flames poured into the cave.

Seeing that the resistance inside was strong, Ivan waved his hand and nine beads flew out. In the blink of an eye, they turned into magic copper balls. The big one fell into the formation, and eight small ones were wrapped in flames and broke into the cave from the outside, surrounding the special force field inside.

With the attraction of the Black Magic Wind and Fire Pearl, the Black Magic Flame turned the cave into a sea of ​​fire in the blink of an eye, making the cave look like a burning iron-walled copper furnace.

“The boss is worthy of being the boss. His methods are really powerful. These spirits are going to be in trouble.” Comparing the effect of his own chopping with his sword, Locke sighed that he was inferior.

As soon as he finished speaking, the black magic flame burned through the force field resistance inside, poured into the center of the cave, and burned everything inside.

The spirit’s shrill screams echoed throughout the cave.

Under Ivan’s development, the Black Magic Wind and Fire Formation was already effective against spirits. Being burned by the Black Magic Flame, the spirits that emerged would of course suffer, and it could be said that there was no chance of survival.

After a while, the screams gradually became less and less, indicating that there were not many spirits appearing.

“Be careful.”

On the main platform of the Black Magic Wind and Fire Array, Ivan frowned. He sensed an unusual and huge fluctuation in the cave, and he estimated that a more ferocious spirit was coming.

He had to be cautious.

(End of this chapter)